Dan Slott hints at 'Avengers' future

Writer Dan Slott has indicated that event series Siege will not lead to the permanent demise of Marvel's Avengers.

All Avengers comics are to end when Siege concludes later this year - but the Mighty Avengers scribe revealed that an out-of-this-world encounter between Hank Pym and a character called Eternity would spark hope for a future Avengers team.

Slott told Newsarama: "I think one of the things that Eternity tells Hank, after naming him Scientist Supreme and sending him back down to our world, he tells Hank that he's going to be a very important person for the future of the Avengers.

"He's not just one of the Avengers' founders, but he's a very important piece for the Avengers of the future. And Hank Pym is going to have a very important role to play in the New Age of Heroes."

When asked if he would be working on an Avengers project after Siege, Slott said: "Can't really comment on that. It's all super top-secret."

Marvel has yet to announce details of its New Age of Heroes storyline.

Mighty Avengers #35, by Slott and artist Khoi Pham, is the first part of the series' Siege tie-in. It is released on March 17.